(29 Jan 2017, 2:16 pm)R852 PRG wrote Yesterday's outing, on an Under 18 Day Ticket:
09:47 GNE #8 5397 Chester-le-Street South Burns to Glebe Bus Link 10:01
10:51 GNE #82 687 Barmston Westerhope Road to Concord Bus Station 10:59
11:01 GNE #4 5366 Concord Bus Station to Fatfield Bridge 11:21
11:52 GNE #2 8321 Fatfield Bridge to Sunderland Vine Place 12:19
12:24 GNE #33 681 Sunderland Holmeside to Silksworth Terminus 12:37
12:52 GNE #33 689 Silksworth Terminus to Sunderland Holmeside 13:06
13:11 GNE #20 5433 Sunderland Park Lane to Houghton-le-Spring 13:32
13:43 GNE #36 5305 Houghton-le-Spring to Chester-le-Street Lloyds Bank 14:06
After my first bus of the day was the StreetLite that seems to stalk me (I have it almost every time I catch a Coast & Country), 5366 and 5305 were my only duds. Quite happy with five winners for what was a fairly short and cheap outing.
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eeee, going a bit off-course there!
I don't like Concord, nor the services that go around there - get some rather odd kids lurking around, even making me feel sceptical!
I love the X72/689/74 loop, this'll probably be for your School Holidays or whatever, but get a 21 up to Newcastle early, hop on the X72 to Consett. Have breakfast up there, then 689 to Hexham. Walk down to the depot, come back up and take some of those mint 683 or something, get the 74 @ 1305. Lovely day out, especially during the summer days. I have the option of also getting the 97B from Sunniside at 0520am, but you'd not be able to get up to there in time 😛
I travel around at night most of the time. X70 from Sunniside or Lobley Hill to Dipton @ 1928, 16A to Durham arr @ 2017, 265 to New Seaham arr @ 2104. 60 to Sunderland @ 2109, then Option A = 2a to Washy Gals, X1 @ 2229 to Newcastle @ 2305. OR Option B = 20 to South Shields, 27 @ 2230 to Newcastle @ 2300.
Then 6 to Sunniside, arriving 00:01.
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